2017 - 2018

1031-3790-01
  Constitution Making                                                                                  
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Hanna LernerNaftali - Social Sciences314Mon1000-1400 Sem  1
 
 
University credit hours:  4.0

Course description

There are close to 200 written constitutions in the world today, half of which were written in the past quarter century. What can be learned from the world-wide experience as well as the Israeli experience, of the connection between the production of a constitution and the establishment of a new political framework? How are constitutions adopted and who participates in writing them? Does the wording of a constitution require a wide national consensus on the fundamental values which it is supposed to embody? These are the central questions the seminar will raise. In addition to a theoretical analysis on the subject, the seminar will focus on historical and current processes of constitution writing in Israel and the rest of the world, starting from the 18th century until today.

 

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